Toy cannon



C. W. MINNICH.

TOY CANNON.

APPLICATION FILED $EPT.20, 1919.

1 3 2 1 7 1 Patented D60. 14, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOY CANNON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14., 1920.

Application filed. September 20, 1919. Serial No. 325,138.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN lV. MIN men, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid ing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Cannons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy cannons provided with a means for ejectinga missile therefrom, and its object is to provide a very simple andefficient ejector, and one which can be easily operated.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and inorder that the same may be better understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly broken away and partly in section, and

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the gun-barrel.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the frame of the toy is composedof parallel, laterally spaced members 3 connected by cross bars 4 and 5,respectively, and shaped to resemble an ordinary gun carriage. Theforward cross bar 5 supports the barrel 6, the former having upstandingbearings 7 for trunnions 8, which latter may be pins driven through thebearings and into the barrel, so that the latter may be swung as anordinary gun barrel. The wheels 9 0f the gun carriage are attached tothe members 3 in any suitable manner immaterial to the presentinvention.

The bore 6 of the barrel 6 opens through the rear end or the breechthereof to receive the missile 10, which latter may be a wooden or otherlight plug of such diameter as to fit slidably in the bore.

For ejecting the missile 10 from the barrel t3, a flat spring 11 isemployed. This spring s secured at one end to the rear cross bar 4, 1nupright position, and so located that its free end is opposite the rearend of the barrel. This spring is attached to the forward edge of thecross bar, and this edge is in Vertical alinement with the rear edge ofthe barrel. It will therefore be seen that the spring normally seatsacross the rear end of the barrel. The spring is secured to the crossbar by a screw 12, the connection being sufficiently loose to enable thespring to be swung to one side or the other clear of the bore 9. Thispermits insertion of the mis sile 10, after which the spring is swungback to center position. The missile will be left protruding from therear end of the bore, and to eject it, the spring is drawn rear wardlyas shown in full lines in Fig. 2, so that upon releasing the spring itswings forwardly to the dotted line position and strikes the missile toeject it from the barrel. It will be understood that the spring willhave suflicient tension so that it will hit the missile hard enough toshoot it some distance from the barrel.

I claim:

A toy cannon comprising a barrel having a bore opening through the rearend thereof, a support for the barrel,- and a missile ejector comprisinga flat spring attached to the support and having its free end extendingacross the rear end of the barrel to engage a missile protruding fromthe bore, and said spring being free to be swung transversely of thebarrel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHRISTIAN w. MINNIOH.

